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Japan last December announced it would no longer comply with a decades-old ban on commercial whaling
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18.08.2024
Japan to resume commercial whaling after decades-long ban
Hong Kong has been rocked by the largest protests in a generation
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18.08.2024
Hong Kong braces for mass rally on China handover anniversary
Sunday's protests were the first mass demonstrations in Sudan since a deadly crackdown against a protest sit-in on June 3, which left dozens dead
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18.08.2024
Sudan protesters flood capital to defend 'revolution'
US Ambassador to Israel to David Friedman (L) speaks with White House adviser Jason Greenblatt at an event organised by an Israeli settler-linked group in mainly Palestinian east Jerusalem on June 30, 2019
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18.08.2024
US officials attend Israeli settler-linked event in Jerusalem
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The Turkish embassy in Tripoli, a sign of Ankara's support for the internationally recognised Government of National Accord fighting the forces of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar.
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Six Turks held in Libya by forces linked to strongman Haftar
Protesters block a main road in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, demanding the authorities ban a local anti-Boko Haram militia they say is abusing them
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Nigeria protesters demand end to anti-Boko Haram militia
The ancient Persian city of Persepolis, near Shiraz in southern Iran, is one of the country's main tourist attractions
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Iran announces visa waiver for Chinese tourists
Pride celebrations in New York began with the Queer Liberation March, the smaller of two events taking place in Manhattan
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New York stages huge Gay Pride march, 50 years after Stonewall
TTurkish police on Sunday fired tear gas at gay rights groups and activists who defied authorities to march for the Istanbul pride parade, banned for the fifth year in a row.
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Police tear gas gay pride paraders in Istanbul
The arrest of Algerian war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa has prompted an outcry online
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Algeria arrests prominent war veteran
A caravan including hearses brought the bodies of Oscar Alberto Martinez and his infant daughter Valeria back to their Salvadoran hometown of La Hachadura on June 30, 2019, a week after they drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande to Texas
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Bodies of drowned migrant man, daughter back in El Salvador
Brazilians demonstrate in support of President Jair Bolsonaro and his embattled Justice Minister Sergio Moro at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro
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Thousands protest in Brazil in support of justice minister
The migrants were allowed to disembark and taken to Lampedusa's reception centre
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Sea-Watch captain defends 'disobedience' as backers raise 500,000 euros
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